Arkansas is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers but currently Arkansas has no newspapers available on that site. There are several free online newspapers available on other sites and there are collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.

There are almost 2,000 newspapers that have been published in the Natural State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find your Arkansas ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.

E O Elley Short in Sebastian Co., Ark with wife Minnine & daughters in 1910 Census. I was told he was a telegraph operator for a mine and died July 1914 probably mine union fights associated. I haven't found his obituary. E O was born 1882. There is a Henry Short on the mine memorial. [ E O's dad was William Henry Short b 1869 in 7 Itawamba, MS. & went to Van Zandt Co, TX ... E O was oldest.]
Ark vital records didn't find him listed. Thanks for any help. Joy B